Both Uses of
fastidious
in
Love in the Time of Cholera
- He was not only the city's oldest and most illustrious physician, he was also its most fastidious man.
Chpt 1 *fastidious = excessively concerned with cleanliness or matters of taste
- He returned more fastidious than when he left, more in control of his nature, and none of his contemporaries seemed as rigorous and as learned as he in his science, and none could dance better to the music of the day or improvise as well on the piano.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(fastidious) giving careful attention to detail
or:
excessively concerned with cleanliness or matters of taste